August 14, 2025 • 5 mins
In this episode, Johnny Mack shares five heartwarming and intriguing stories. We learn about the world's oldest llama, White Top Deron, who comforts children with chronic illnesses at North Carolina's Victory Junction Camp. A New Zealand military chaplain reunites a fallen sergeant's lost medals with his family. In the Czech Republic, a record-breaking 2,461 participants take part in a polar bear dip. A Burger King in local honors a late regular by engraving his name on his favorite chair. Lastly, a Cheeto shaped like the Pokémon Charizard is auctioned for an astounding $87,840.
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Speaker 1 (00:03):
Callaroga Shark Media. Hey there, I'm Johnny Mac and the
world's oldest yama is getting it done by comforting chronically
ill children in North Carolina. The yama is like twenty
eight years old now. He's named white Top. White Top
dethrone the Dilaight Yama, who was the previous Greenness World
(00:25):
record holder for oldest yama. The Dilai Yama had passed
away in twenty twenty three, shortly after its twenty seventh birthday.
White Top was donated to the Victory Junction Camp in
two thousand and six. The camp founded by Kyle Petty,
the son of NASCAR great Richard Petty. The year round
free camp is designed for children with conditions that include cancer,
(00:45):
kidney and heart disease, cerebral palsies, bina bifida, and an
array of neurological and physical disabilities. White Top is relaxed
and sweet and chill. He lies still while camper is
pet him. Billy Davis is the camp's barn director and
says he really gets to help campers come out of
their shell when they interact with him. He can be
kind of intimidating at first, but once they come over
to them and love them and pet him. They realize
(01:06):
how sweet he is. White Top as a friend a
cow named Guscus. Normally you must live fifteen years. In
New Zealand, a military chaplain has recovered some war medals
and will reunite them with the man's family. New Zealand
Sergeant William O'sha passed away during an RAF bomber raid
over Hamburg in nineteen forty two. His medals were given
(01:27):
to his widow and but then the family lost track
of the medals. In nineteen ninety, Royal Australian Air Force
chaplain Hayden Lee saw the collection of four authentic medals
at an auction, noticed one was missing a ribbon clasp
for bomber Command unions. Its absence meant the man who
the marichiuchu had died. The chaplain said, Once I purchased
the medals and was able to look up a little
(01:48):
more information about Billy, I was able to confirm that
he didn't have his other awards, so I contacted New
Zealand Honors and Awards to be able to apply for
that for him. After obtaining the bomber class, he tried
to track down the family Oshay's grand niece Karen, had
put herself in the paperwork as Billy's next of kin,
and the chaplain was able to get the metals back
to the family. That's pretty cool. Some cold water swimmers
(02:10):
in the Czech Republics set a new record for largest
polar bear dip. Twy four hundred and sixty one polar
bear swimmers jumped in the water, breaking the previous record
of seventeen hundred and ninety nine swimmers. They couldn't get
one more person and make that an even eighteen hundred,
like maybe the guy taking the photos jump in with us, dude.
For the record to be recognized, the participants have to
(02:32):
be wearing bathing suits, be at least waist deep in
the water, and stay there all together for at least
one minute. Can I tell you When I was in
Antarctica over Christmas break last year, a bunch of people
did the going into the ocean thing. My daughter did it.
I did not do it. I have no regrets. Why
Johnny Mack, You're only an Antarctica once. Why wouldn't you
do that? Because two days earlier we had camped out
(02:55):
overnight and I've never been so cold in my life.
So I was like going in freezing water, No thank you,
because also understand, if you go in the water in Antarctica,
first of all, you have to get out of your clothes,
go in the freezing water. Then you have to come off,
dry off, put your clothes back on. But now you're
still on the island and you have to get into
the little raft boat to take you back to the
main boat to take you back to the hot shower.
(03:15):
No thank you. I have no regrets on that. If
I ever have regrets on that, I'll just go down
the Jersey shore in the middle of January and jump
in the water. I digress. David organized the event and
said checks are a nation of polar swimmers. He himself
set a world record four years ago and men swimming
under ice. He swam two hundred and sixty five feet
Not for me. A ninety one year old man was
(03:36):
a regular at burger King. When he passed away, the
staff requested that his name be engraved into the chair
in which he always sat. They check with burger King Corporate,
and burger King Corporate was like, yeah, okay. The man's daughter,
Jenny said, someone came to the church and said the
whole crew of Burger King is here, and they brought
a chair. I said, what the Burger King crew was
in their Burger King uniforms. They had brought the chair
(03:59):
that the man had always sat in into the back
of it. They'd used a wood burner to engrave his name,
the date of his birth, and the date of his death.
One of the Burger King employees, Monica, who attended the funeral, explained,
he'd walk in, we'd have his order ready for him.
That was his seat. He'd always sit there every morning,
so we had to bring his chair. The man had
celebrated his ninetieth birthday there. His last meal ended up
(04:20):
being chicken nuggets, a milkshake, and a cookie. A cheeto
shaped like the Pokemon cherizard was auctioned for eighty seven
and forty dollars. That's right, he missed out on this one.
The description was presented is a three inch long flame
and hot cheeto. And I didn't drop the g there.
(04:42):
That wasn't the Queen's accent. It's actually spelled flami n apostrophe.
That's right. A flame and hot cheeto in the shape
of Pokemon cherizard. A fixed to a customize Pokemon card
and encapsulated in a clear card storage box. It was
initially discovered and preserved sometime between twenty eight in twenty
twenty two. You can't narrow down when you have found
(05:04):
the Cheeto within four or five years. Really, there were
sixty bids on the Flaming Hot Cheeto. The winning bid
was seventy two grand plus a buyer's premium. That's a
big premium because the thing went for eighty seven eight
forty yikes. Well, and people have a lot more time
than I have, they have more money than I have.
And those are your five good news stories for today.
If you're eating cheetos, you know, don't just polish them off.
(05:27):
Take a look. One might be worth eighty grand. So yeah,
Callaroga Shark Media. Hey there, I'm Johnny Mac and the
world's oldest yama is getting it done by comforting chronically
ill children in North Carolina. The yama is like twenty
eight years old now. He's named white Top. White Top
dethrone the Dilaight Yama, who was the previous Greenness World
(00:25):
record holder for oldest yama. The Dilai Yama had passed
away in twenty twenty three, shortly after its twenty seventh birthday.
White Top was donated to the Victory Junction Camp in
two thousand and six. The camp founded by Kyle Petty,
the son of NASCAR great Richard Petty. The year round
free camp is designed for children with conditions that include cancer,
(00:45):
kidney and heart disease, cerebral palsies, bina bifida, and an
array of neurological and physical disabilities. White Top is relaxed
and sweet and chill. He lies still while camper is
pet him. Billy Davis is the camp's barn director and
says he really gets to help campers come out of
their shell when they interact with him. He can be
kind of intimidating at first, but once they come over
to them and love them and pet him. They realize
(01:06):
how sweet he is. White Top as a friend a
cow named Guscus. Normally you must live fifteen years. In
New Zealand, a military chaplain has recovered some war medals
and will reunite them with the man's family. New Zealand
Sergeant William O'sha passed away during an RAF bomber raid
over Hamburg in nineteen forty two. His medals were given
(01:27):
to his widow and but then the family lost track
of the medals. In nineteen ninety, Royal Australian Air Force
chaplain Hayden Lee saw the collection of four authentic medals
at an auction, noticed one was missing a ribbon clasp
for bomber Command unions. Its absence meant the man who
the marichiuchu had died. The chaplain said, Once I purchased
the medals and was able to look up a little
(01:48):
more information about Billy, I was able to confirm that
he didn't have his other awards, so I contacted New
Zealand Honors and Awards to be able to apply for
that for him. After obtaining the bomber class, he tried
to track down the family Oshay's grand niece Karen, had
put herself in the paperwork as Billy's next of kin,
and the chaplain was able to get the metals back
to the family. That's pretty cool. Some cold water swimmers
(02:10):
in the Czech Republics set a new record for largest
polar bear dip. Twy four hundred and sixty one polar
bear swimmers jumped in the water, breaking the previous record
of seventeen hundred and ninety nine swimmers. They couldn't get
one more person and make that an even eighteen hundred,
like maybe the guy taking the photos jump in with us, dude.
For the record to be recognized, the participants have to
(02:32):
be wearing bathing suits, be at least waist deep in
the water, and stay there all together for at least
one minute. Can I tell you When I was in
Antarctica over Christmas break last year, a bunch of people
did the going into the ocean thing. My daughter did it.
I did not do it. I have no regrets. Why
Johnny Mack, You're only an Antarctica once. Why wouldn't you
do that? Because two days earlier we had camped out
(02:55):
overnight and I've never been so cold in my life.
So I was like going in freezing water, No thank you,
because also understand, if you go in the water in Antarctica,
first of all, you have to get out of your clothes,
go in the freezing water. Then you have to come off,
dry off, put your clothes back on. But now you're
still on the island and you have to get into
the little raft boat to take you back to the
main boat to take you back to the hot shower.
(03:15):
No thank you. I have no regrets on that. If
I ever have regrets on that, I'll just go down
the Jersey shore in the middle of January and jump
in the water. I digress. David organized the event and
said checks are a nation of polar swimmers. He himself
set a world record four years ago and men swimming
under ice. He swam two hundred and sixty five feet
Not for me. A ninety one year old man was
(03:36):
a regular at burger King. When he passed away, the
staff requested that his name be engraved into the chair
in which he always sat. They check with burger King Corporate,
and burger King Corporate was like, yeah, okay. The man's daughter,
Jenny said, someone came to the church and said the
whole crew of Burger King is here, and they brought
a chair. I said, what the Burger King crew was
in their Burger King uniforms. They had brought the chair
(03:59):
that the man had always sat in into the back
of it. They'd used a wood burner to engrave his name,
the date of his birth, and the date of his death.
One of the Burger King employees, Monica, who attended the funeral, explained,
he'd walk in, we'd have his order ready for him.
That was his seat. He'd always sit there every morning,
so we had to bring his chair. The man had
celebrated his ninetieth birthday there. His last meal ended up
(04:20):
being chicken nuggets, a milkshake, and a cookie. A cheeto
shaped like the Pokemon cherizard was auctioned for eighty seven
and forty dollars. That's right, he missed out on this one.
The description was presented is a three inch long flame
and hot cheeto. And I didn't drop the g there.
(04:42):
That wasn't the Queen's accent. It's actually spelled flami n apostrophe.
That's right. A flame and hot cheeto in the shape
of Pokemon cherizard. A fixed to a customize Pokemon card
and encapsulated in a clear card storage box. It was
initially discovered and preserved sometime between twenty eight in twenty
twenty two. You can't narrow down when you have found
(05:04):
the Cheeto within four or five years. Really, there were
sixty bids on the Flaming Hot Cheeto. The winning bid
was seventy two grand plus a buyer's premium. That's a
big premium because the thing went for eighty seven eight
forty yikes. Well, and people have a lot more time
than I have, they have more money than I have.
And those are your five good news stories for today.
If you're eating cheetos, you know, don't just polish them off.
(05:27):
Take a look. One might be worth eighty grand. So yeah,
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